AARP
AARP offers services to create positive social change that improves the quality of life for everyone as they age.
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Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
AMCP's mission is to empower its members to serve society by using sound medication management principles and strategies to improve heath care for all.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is dedicated to improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Information from AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.
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Ambulatory Quality Alliance
AQA's mission and goals focus on key areas that can help identify quality gaps, control skyrocketing cost trends, reduce confusion over redundant measures, and alleviate administrative burdens in the marketplace.
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America's Health Insurance Plans
AHIP's mission is to be an effective advocate for a workable legislative and regulatory environment at the federal and state levels in which our members can advance their vision of a health care system that meets the needs of consumers, employers and public purchasers.
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American Academy of Family Physicians
In the AAFP's Clinical Quality Improvement section, you'll find everything you need to stay informed and up to date on quality improvement issues that are reshaping the healthcare industry. Plus, access education, tools, and resources to prepare you for the future, simplify your life, and help you "redesign" your medical practice for optimal patient care.
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American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is the nation's largest medical specialty society. Its mission is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine.
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American Medical Association
As the nation's largest physician's group, the AMA advocates on the issues vital to the nation's heath. Their envisioned future is to be an essential part of the professional life of every physician and an essential force for progress in improving the nation's health.
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American Medical Group Association
AMGA advocates for the multispecialty medical group model of health care delivery and for the patients served by medical groups, through innovation and information sharing, benchmarking, leadership development, and continuous striving to improve patient care.
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AQA Alliance
AQA's mission and goals focus on key areas that can help identify quality gaps, control skyrocketing cost trends, reduce confusion over redundant measures and alleviate administrative burdens in the marketplace.
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CMS Physician Voluntary Reporting Program
This program builds on Medicare's comprehensive efforts to substantially improve the health and function of beneficiaries by preventing chronic disease complications, avoiding preventable hospitalizations, and improving the quality of care delivered.
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Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project
The Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project is working to ensure that all Americans have access to publicly reported health care performance information by January 1, 2007, so that Americans will be able to select hospitals, physicians, and treatments based on nationally standardized measures for clinical quality, consumer experience, equity, and efficiency.
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Department of Health Policy
The Department of Health Policy is committed to conducting research and education programs which will contribute to quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of health care. The Department's activities are meant to inform decisions made by government policy makers, providers, payers, and other health system stakeholders, about how best to deliver and finance care in order to improve the health of the public.
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First National Report Card on Quality of Health Care in America
The results of the largest and most comprehensive examination ever conducted of health care quality in the United States.
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Health Services Advisory Group
The HSAG, a Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) in Arizona, is primarily focused on improving the processes of care and outcomes for patients. They work for Federal, state, and private clients.
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Improving Chronic Care Illness
ICCI is dedicated to the idea that United States health care can do better. Providers who care for chronically ill patients can be better supported with guidelines, specialty expertise, and information systems.
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Institute for Health & Productivity Management
The Institute for Health and Productivity Management was created in 1997 to make employee health an investment in corporate success through enhanced workplace performance.
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Based in Massachusetts, the IHI is a not-for-profit organization leading the improvement of health care throughout the world.
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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization
JCAHO's mission is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations.
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National Association for Healthcare Quality
NAHQ is committed to developing and promoting professional expertise in the art and science of healthcare quality.
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National Business Coalition on Health
The NBCH is a national, non-profit, membership organization of employer-based health coalitions dedicated to value-based purchasing of health care services through the collective action of public and private purchasers. NBCH seeks to accelerate the nation's progress towards safe, efficient, high quality health care and the improved health status of the American population.
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National Business Group on Health
The National Business Group on Health represents over 200 large employers, health care companies, benefits consultants and vendors, and is the nation's only non-profit organization devoted exclusively to finding innovative and forward-thinking solutions to the nation's most important health care and related benefits issues.
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National Center for Policy Analysis
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation.
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National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCQA is working to help Americans better compare their health plan choices by developing a common set of quality standards to measure all health plans.
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National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality
The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) is an education and research organization dedicated solely to improving the quality of health care provided to children.
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Newt Gingrich's Center for Health Transformation
The Center for Health Transformation is a collaboration of transformational leaders dedicated to the creation of a 21st century intelligent health system in which knowledge saves lives and saves money for all Americans.
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The American Health Quality Association
The AHQA holds conferences and strives to advance quality of care and patient safety nationwide.
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The LeapFrog Group
The LeapFrog Group strives to trigger giant leaps forward in the safety, quality, and affordability of health care by: supporting informed healthcare decisions by those who use and pay for health care; and promoting high-value health care through incentives and rewards.
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The National Quality Forum
The NQF strives to improve American healthcare through endorsement of consensus-based national standards for measurement and public reporting of healthcare performance data that provide meaningful information about whether care is safe, timely, beneficial, patient-centered, equitable and efficient.
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Thomas Jefferson University
Thomas Jefferson University is an academic health center committed to educating professionals in a variety of disciplines who will form and lead the integrated healthcare delivery and research teams of tomorrow; discovering new knowledge that will define the future of clinical care through investigation from the laboratory to the bedside, and into the community; and setting the standard for quality, compassionate and efficient patient care for our community and for the nation.
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